The red needle showed he was indeed gaining ground but very slowly.

The blip in the middle of the screen was about dead center, and the red needle could go no higher.

There is the excellent instrument panel with red needles on black gauges.

The cups are connected to a gauge with a red needle that shows wind speed in miles per hour and knots.

I didn't care, as long as the red needle pointed north.

The ground was carpeted in fallen red needles, and the air smelled spicy.

The red needle quivered at the far end of the dial.

A second scorpion jabbed him with a red hot needle.

A normal man or mue shot with a red needle wasn't going to get up on his own afterward.